Artesian Village

With time on our hands on the first day we decided to go to the Alaska Native Cultural Center. Our guide was a young lady named August. We had lunch at the snack bar. Glenda ordered for us a reindeer hot dog, and some reindeer stew. It was rainy and cold. One of the demonstrations showed a native Alaskan game played by girls. A ball is suspended from a frame and the girl must kick it from a sitting position. Afterwards we went to the Anchorage Museum. We walked back to the Capt. Cook hotel. Just strolling through the streets of Anchorage was interesting. In one store front we found a ladies' suit made of seal fur. We also found the cathedral, a rather simple church, but still the seat of the Catholic Bishop of Alaska. We had supper at Fletcher's restaurant in the hotel.Read more